abortion

Women have turned to abortion to end unwanted pregnancies throughout the ages. In the U.S., induced abortion was common among Native Americans, and it was legal from colonial times to the middle of the 19th century. But unclean, primitive medical practices made it very dangerous. To protect women’s lives, laws against abortion began to be passed during the mid-1800s. But by the middle of the 20th century, cleaner, more advanced medical procedures made safe abortion possible. All U.S. laws against abortion were overturned in 1973 by the landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision in Roe v. Wade. Today, abortion is legal nationwide and is one of the safest of all available medical procedures.

About the Roe vs. Wade decision:

Prior to 1973, abortions were permitted in certain states but restricted or almost banned in others. Every state legislature created its own rules. There was no consistency across the U.S. Then, in 1973, the U.S. Supreme Court delivered one of its most famous and influential rulings: Roe v. Wade. It declared a Texas anti-abortion statute unconstitutional and thereby affected abortion laws in many other states. ₁ The Supreme Court justices determined that, anywhere in the U.S.:

Here the video of the question on abortion asked by the “Civil Liberties” group that is directed to Sam Brownback.

Dear Ladies and  Gentleman

It is exactly the time to tell the question that we have for Mr. Brownback:

1. As president, if Roe v. Wade were overturned how far would you go to stop abortion?

2. Since the dormant commerce clause prevents states from regulating actions across state lines, would you support national legislation that would prosecute women who cross the state lines to obtain an abortion?

this are the questions we would like to debate at.

all of you are welcome to contribute with your abnswers and thoughts.

thank you very much.

Hello Ladies and Gentleman!

This is again the group of civil liberties. The second question we are feeling to ask to the republican candidates is about abourtion.  The questoin is for Mr.Senator. Brownback.

As always we start by defining abortion:

An abortion is the removal or expulsion of an embryo or fetus from the uterus, resulting in or caused by its death. This can occur spontaneously as a miscarriage, or be artificially induced by chemical, surgical or other means. “Abortion” can refer to an induced procedure at any point during human pregnancy; it is sometimes medically defined as either miscarriage or induced termination before the point of viability.^[1] Throughout history, abortion has been induced by various methods. The moral and legal aspects of abortion are subject to intense debate in many parts of the world.

We cansider this as one of the greates problem world is facing as it is a debate that has to do with the basic human rights. Some evidences and facts about abortion are :

In 2002, 1.29 million abortions took place, down from 1.36 million in 1996. From 1973 through 2002, more than 42 million legal abortions occurred.[3]

Each year, two out of every 100 women aged 15–44 have an abortion; 48% of them have had at least one previous abortion.[4]

Fifty-two percent of U.S. women obtaining abortions are younger than 25: Women aged 20–24 obtain 33% of all abortions, and teenagers obtain 19%.[6] 

Over 60% of abortions are among women who have had one or more children.[10]

We can keep giving statistics but the point is not there. The only things that statistics say is how serios this problem is. The question we want to build is how to find a solutin to this problem.

For every idea and thought about this topic is welcome to this blog.

Thank you very much

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